Events archive

05.06.2026

22 seconds of weightlessness – experiments in free fall

Lucas Kowal works as a Staff Member at the Chair of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics at the BTU and recently took part in parabolic flights. Under conditions of weightlessness, he investigated flow phenomena that could prove significant in the future for satellite technology, amongst other things.

"It feels as if you could fly," says Lucas Kowal of the weightlessness experienced during parabolic flights. (Photo: private)

Speak-Dating

27.05.2026 | 16:00 - 19:00

Stadtmuseum | Bahnhofstraße 22 | 03046 Cottbus

„The Speak-Dating is back!” on 27 May: Discover Languages and find Tandem Partners“

26.05.2026

FEM*Lights – Grand closing event for the Women Professors Programme III

As we look back on the run of the Professorinnenprogramm III at the BTU, we are celebrating the successful achievement of the programme’s objectives and the gender equality measures it has enabled. The ceremony will open at 10.30 am on 25 June 2026 in Großer Hörsaal with opening addresses by Manja Schüle, Minister for Science, and Gesinde Grande, President of the BTU.

18.05.2026

Sustainable housing concepts for the Grundbach estate in Olbersdorf

In May 2026, the Grundbach estate in Olbersdorf became a working site for architecture and urban planning students from Germany and the Czech Republic. As part of a workshop, students from the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and the Czech Technical University in Prague (ČVUT) developed visions for the future of the former miners’ estate.

Students during the workshop